Several aspects of GARCH(p, q) models that are relevant for empirical applications are investigated. In particular, it is noted that the inclusion of dummy variables as regressors can lead to multimodality in the GARCH likelihood. This invalidates standard inference on the estimated coefficients. Next, the implementation of different restrictions on the GARCH parameter space is considered. A re...

− This research deals with a weighing system used under the conditions in which various movements exist. These various movements are heaving motion, rolling motion, pitching motion, etc. In this paper, these various movements are collectively called as “vibration-like movements”. The term of “vibration-like moving conditions” means the conditions in which vibration-like movements exist. In the ...

The classical secretary problem studies the problem of selecting online an element (a “secretary”) with maximum value in a randomly ordered sequence. The difficulty lies in the fact that an element must be either selected or discarded upon its arrival, and this decision is irrevocable. Constant-competitive algorithms are known for the classical secretary problems (see, e.g., the survey of Freem...

The techniques of dummy fill and reverse etchback are often used prior to a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) process to prevent film pattern density mismatches that lead to post-CMP film thickness variation. In this work, we present a methodology that utilizes both techniques in an intelligent fashion, and shows that both techniques can be used together to create a better balance of pattern ...

A flexible noise de-embedding method for on-wafer microwave measurements of silicon MOSFETs is presented in this study. We use the open, short, and thru dummy structures to subtract the parasitic effects from the probe pads and interconnects of a fixtured MOS transistor. The thru standard are used to extract the interconnect parameters for subtracting the interconnect parasitics in gate, drain,...

Introduction Several self-navigation techniques have been proposed to improve respiratory motion compensation in CMRA. Motion estimation is, however, often impeded by static structures within the excited volume. In this work a 2D self-navigation (2DSN) method is proposed and implemented by using the dummy profiles of a 3D bSSFP sequence. To create 2DSN images we added phase encoding (PE) gradie...

In data exchange, data are materialised from a source schema to a target schema, according to suitable source-to-target constraints. Constraints are also expressed on the target schema to represent the domain of interest. A schema mapping is the union of the source-to-target and of the target constraints. In this paper, we address the problem of containment of schema mappings for data exchange,...

A model of industry speed of price adjustment is derived from firm pricing behaviours. The model is applied to quarterly two-digit Australian manufacturing data for the period 1985:3 to 2002:3. Initially, the industry speed of price adjustment is treated as a function of structural cross-section variables. The results suggest that the industry speed of price adjustment is positively related to ...

In this paper an emotionally justified approach for controlling sound with physiology is presented. Measurements of listeners’ physiology, while they are listening to recorded music of their own choosing, are used to create a regression model that predicts features extracted from music with the help of the listeners’ physiological response patterns. This information can be used as a control sig...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a comparative study on the impact of manufacturing strategies and resources on innovation performance in two newly industrialised countries in the South East Asian region, Thailand and Vietnam. Design/methodology/approach – A quantitative approach was employed. The survey data was drawn from 95 Thai and 44 Vietnamese middle or senior managers in...